diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 5b11f22..03da79a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # use bootstrap channel to pull NumPy linked with OpenBLAS
           CHANNELS="-c conda-forge --override-channels"
+          DEBUG="--debug"
           conda build \
             $CHANNELS \
+            $DEBUG \
             recipe
 
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